“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”- Winston Churchill Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's great book, “The Leadership Challenge,” makes the case for the idea that leadership is a learnable skill set, and therefore anyone can be a leader if they learn the skills. One’s … Continue reading Effective Leadership Skills
Effective Leadership in Difficult Times
“Never underestimate change. What seems simple at the top is magnified at lower echelons and is extremely disruptive. It is a festering crisis that needs attention from senior management or else loyalty, efficiency, and productivity will suffer.” - Wheeler L. Baker This series of posts is unpacking some of what is needed if leaders are … Continue reading Effective Leadership in Difficult Times
The Nature of Effective Leadership – 3
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams In the previous Effective Leadership post, embracing and leveraging challenges, changes and disruptions is what sets apart the manager from the effective adaptive leader. Challenges arrive nearly daily. Changes, sometimes with warning … Continue reading The Nature of Effective Leadership – 3
The Nature of Effective Leadership – 2
”Change is not merely necessary to life — it is life.” - Alvin Toffler, Future Shock “Weep not that the world changes—did it keep A stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.” - William Cullen Bryant A continuation of the identifiers of effective leadership, begun in the previous post. Effective leaders pursue personal … Continue reading The Nature of Effective Leadership – 2
The Nature of Effective Leadership
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.“ — John Quincy Adams If you are seeking to make your leadership effective even in the face of adaptive challenges, the following few posts will identify key factors you can apply to your own leadership development. … Continue reading The Nature of Effective Leadership
Effective Leadership is Adaptive
“Ceaseless change is the only constant thing in nature.” John Candee Dean, January 1911 “The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, IV, 3 Change, among other things, happens. Change comes upon us personally in various forms, aging being the most common. Aging is the change in us … Continue reading Effective Leadership is Adaptive
Book Review: The Three Success Secrets of Shamgar
“The Three Success Secrets of Shamgar” by Pat Williams, Jay Strack, and Jim Denney. Faith Communications, publisher. 208 pages. Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else Why read this book: Far too many people are stuck in their planning, stuck before they get to executing their plans, or stuck … Continue reading Book Review: The Three Success Secrets of Shamgar
Gratitude and Faith
"Gratitude is the energy of faith." – William Arthur Ward “The most important prayer in the world is just two words long: Thank you.” – Meister Eckhart “On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they … Continue reading Gratitude and Faith
Thanking Your Way to Gratitude
Research is showing us that there is a practice that can have a significant positive impact on our general health and specifically on our mental and emotional health. That practice is being grateful. According to research from the University of California, gratitude is not just a happy emotion; it can improve one's health. Individuals who … Continue reading Thanking Your Way to Gratitude
Hedgehog Living
Even before I understood the hedgehog concept, making the adjustments necessary to stay working in the intersection of my passion, skills, and the place where the greatest difference could be made was driving my career decisions. Several times, my work shifted over time to the point where it no longer was at that intersection. In … Continue reading Hedgehog Living
